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Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
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Particle, nothing can intervene
Example 8-71:
Jan de kuk, Mieri de riid an Piita a chap ud.
Jan
John
de
prog
kuk,
cook
Mieri
Mary
de
prog
riid
read
an
and
Piita
Peter
a
prog
chap
chop
ud.
wood
John is cooking, Mary is reading, and Peter is chopping wood.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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